Sad-iron.



PATENTED MAR 7, 1905 i WW ml/ i? w- M. E. PALLON.

SAD IRON AYPLIOATION FILED MAR. 31, 1904.

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PATENT FFICE.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,039, dated March 7, 1905.

Application filed Ma c 31, 1904.

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Be it known that I, lVIARGARET E. FALLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad lrons, of which the followingis a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in sad-irons, and more particularly to that class of sad-irons adapted for use in ironing and pressing the interior of the sleeves of such garments as shirt-waists and the like, where it is desirable that the interior, as well as the exterior, of the sleeve shall be ironed or pressed.

The object of my invention is to provide a sad-iron of the class described that shall be simple and inexpensive in construction and effective in operation.

The invention consists in the novel features and details of construction, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, illustrated, and finally claimed.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and made a part hereof, Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the sad-iron, partly broken away; and Fig. 3 is a top plan of the handle.

Similar letters of reference designate like parts in the figures of the drawings.

A designates the body portion of my improved sad-iron. This body portion has a flat bottom and a rounded top and vertically is much thicker than the ordinary sad-iron in order to add weight thereto and tapers gradually from the rear to the front end, which terminates in a rounded nose I). The body is rounded at the top, so that it may be easily inserted into a sleeve, and has no sharp edges or corners to catch in the fabric. The peculiar shape of the body admits of the thorough ironing of sleeves without danger of tearing the most delicate fabrics. in the rear of the body portion is a recess a, adapted to receive the handle I). The bottom of this recess is Hat, and the top is provided with the smaller recesses c and with a downward-projecting lug i at the entrance thereto. The handle 1), which is preferably curved upward and broad- Serial N0..2O0,911L

ened and rounded at the rear end in order to be more firmly held in the hand, has an upwardly-projecting lug O at the front end, which lug [its in the small recesses c. The handle is also provided with a rounded notch 6, into which the lug (Z rests when the handle is in place, said notch being sufliciently large to admit of the handle being raised slightly at that point when it is desirable to withdraw the same from the recess (1.

In operation the handle I) is inserted in the recess a, so that the up\vardly-projecting lug G will fit in the inner recess 0, with the lug (l resting in the rounded notch 1 By withd rawing the handle so that the lug (I will rest in the outer notch c the iron can be pushed still farther into the sleeve. By using this form of construction of the handle and the recess in the body of the iron it will be readily observed that pressure can be imparted to the front end of the iron by bearing down upon the handle in such manner that the weight will be imparted to the front end of the handle, which is inserted in the iron, and consequently more weight is added to the front of the iron. This is done by using the downwardly-projecting lug (Z as a fulcrum and the handle as a lever without raising the rear portion of the iron, and the peculiar construction of the handle and the recess prevents the handle from disengaging with the iron when the iron is in the sleeve. It will also be observed that by connecting the handle with the body of the iron at the extreme rear thereof and having the handle project backward from the iron the iron can be inserted suliiciently far into the sleeve to iron the entire sleeve, if

necessary.

While I. have illustrated and described a preferred embodinientof my invention, it will be obvious that certain mo lilications of form and arrangemento'l. parts will suggest themselves to the skilled operator. Such modifications, however, come well within the spirit of my invention as disclosed and claimed, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited to the precise construction and arrangement shown. 7 Having described my said lnvei'itlon, what l clalm as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A sad-iron comprising a body portion thereto, and a plurality of notches or kerfs within said recess, substantially as described.

2. A sad-iron comprising a body portion provided with a recess and a down wardly-projecting lug at the entrance of said recess, and a plurality of notches or kerfs within said recess, and ahandle having an upwardly-projecting lug at the end thereof adapted to engage with the smaller recesses, said handle being provided with a rounded notch or kerf in which the lug on the body portion rests when the handle is in place with the lug thereon resting in the innermost notch or kerf, substantially as described.

3. In a sad-iron, the combination with a body portion having a flat bottom, a rounded top, and sides tapering from the 'rear to the forward end, and provided with a recess, of a downwardly-projecting lug at the entrance to said recess, and a handle having an upwardly-projccting lug at the end thereof adapted to engage with said recess, said handle being provided with a rounded notch or kerf in which the downwardly-projecting lug rests when the handle is in place with the lug thereon resting in said recess, substantially as described.

L. A sad-iron comprising a body portion provided with a recess having a flat bottom and the top of which is provided with a plurality of notches or kerfs, and with a downwardly-projecting lug at the entrance to said recess,and a handle provided with an upwardlyprojecting lug at the end thereof adapted to lit in the notches or kerfs, said handle being also provided with a rounded notch in which the downwardly-projccting lug rests when the lug on the end of the handle is resting in the innermost notch or kerf in the body portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARGARET E. FALLON.

'itnesses:

\V M. H. HnNoKn, LLOYD P. GANDY. 

